{"id":3404628,"date":"2025-04-15T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T14:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=3404628"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T16:36:02","slug":"mati-diop-director-of-dahomey-launches-us-university-tour","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/mati-diop-director-of-dahomey-launches-us-university-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Mati Diop, Director of Dahomey, Launches US University Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tour <strong>Schedule<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"accordion-member section__accordion js-accordion-member\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__section\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Boston &#8211;\u00a0Harvard University\u00a0<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ico\"><\/div><!-- \/.ico -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__head -->\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__body richtext-entry\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Sunday, April 6 | 7pm<\/strong><br \/>\nScreening of <em>Dahomey<\/em> and Q&amp;A<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/harvardfilmarchive.org\/programs\/museum-hours-mati-diops-dahomey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/harvardfilmarchive.org\/programs\/museum-hours-mati-diops-dahomey\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, April 7 | 9am<\/strong><br \/>\nDiscussion with Alice Diop&#8217;s class<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__body richtext-entry -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__section -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__section\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Atlanta &#8211; Emory University\u00a0<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ico\"><\/div><!-- \/.ico -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__head -->\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__body richtext-entry\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Tuesday, April 15 | 7pm<\/strong><br \/>\n7pm: Screening of <em>Dahomey<\/em><br \/>\n8pm: Talk with undergraduate students from Emory and the Atlanta University Center Consortium hosted by Mati Diop.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/\u00a0https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/screenings-of-dahomey-with-director-mati-diop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/\u00a0https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/screenings-of-dahomey-with-director-mati-diop\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__body richtext-entry -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__section -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__section\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>New York &#8211; Columbia University &#8211; Lenfest School of the Arts\u00a0<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ico\"><\/div><!-- \/.ico -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__head -->\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__body richtext-entry\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Thursday, April 17 | 18:30pm<\/strong><br \/>\nScreening of <em>Dahomey<\/em><br \/>\nConversation between Mati Diop and producer and faculty member Maureen A. Ryan.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lenfest.arts.columbia.edu\/spring-2025-events\/dahomey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.lenfest.arts.columbia.edu\/spring-2025-events\/dahomey\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, April 18 l 1:00 &#8211; 2:30pm<\/strong><br \/>\nMeeting with Columbia students from the Film and French Departments (not open to the public).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__body richtext-entry -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__section -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__section\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>New York &#8211; Pratt Institute\u00a0<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ico\"><\/div><!-- \/.ico -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__head -->\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__body richtext-entry\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Monday, April 21 | 7pm\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n7.00 &#8211; 8.00pm: Conversation with students, facilitated by\u00a0Film\/Video\u00a0Associate Professor Mat\u00edas Pi\u00f1eiro.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pratt.edu\/events\/a-conversation-with-mati-diop\/\u00a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.pratt.edu\/events\/a-conversation-with-mati-diop\/\u00a0\">Read more &amp; RSVP<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__body richtext-entry -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__section -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__section\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Durham\u00a0&#8211; Duke University<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ico\"><\/div><!-- \/.ico -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__head -->\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__body richtext-entry\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Tuesday, April 22 | 7 pm<\/strong><br \/>\nScreening of <em>Dahomey<\/em><br \/>\nDiscussion to follow with the film\u2019s director, Mati Diop, in conversation with Professors Felwine Sarr and Anne-Ga\u00eblle Saliot.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/screenings-of-dahomey-with-director-mati-diop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/screenings-of-dahomey-with-director-mati-diop\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__body richtext-entry -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion__section -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.accordion-member section__accordion js-accordion-member -->\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Mati Diop<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MD-\u00a9-Carmen-Abdali-1-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3473711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MD-\u00a9-Carmen-Abdali-1-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MD-\u00a9-Carmen-Abdali-1-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MD-\u00a9-Carmen-Abdali-1-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p>Mati Diop, Image by Carmen Yasmine Abd Ali \/ Pour T\u00e9l\u00e9rama<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mati Diop lives and works between Paris and Dakar. 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